Can I link an eSign generated page to a Jira work item and update with new version ?

Question

Hi,

One of my clients would like to use the eSign Document Management plugin in Confluence and link the page URL that will be generated by the plugin to a Jira work item.

I know that I can build a rule in Confluence that will automate the creation of a work item in Jira, but the thing is that the eSign plugin will be used to create several revisions of the same page. Those revisions should not create any new work item, but instead update the link in the original work item, so the users will only see the link to the current version of the document in Confluence, and not the previous versions that will be obsolete.

Does anyone have any idea how I could do that ?

Let me know if you need more details or if my description is not clear enough.

Br,

Alex

Chris Cairns - Digital Rose · Accepted Answer

Hi Alexandre,  I work with the eSign team at Digital Rose, and that is a great question on an advanced topic.

To create a persistent link from a Jira work item to the latest released document, recommendation is to take advantage of the 'eSign Document Link' macro available in Confluence.

Steps

1. Add the eSign Document Link macro to any page in Confluence and configure it to point to an existing Document ID.   When clicked inside confluence this link will redirect the user to the latest revision of that document series.

2. Copy the hyperlink from the eSign Document Link macro and paste it into the Jira work item (description or as a web link).

3. Click the link from inside Jira and it will take the user to the latest document.   If a new release is published, the link will now redirect to that new revision (not the obsolete one).

For automation the link pattern is predictable so with the Site Name and Document ID your script could create the link in one of the Jira work item fields:

https://[SITE_NAME].atlassian.net/wiki/plugins/servlet/ac/edoc/doc-redirect?ac.docId=[DOC_ID]

I hope this helps.   Contact us at https://esign-app.com  for assistance.

Regards,
Chris C
Digital Rose